The Hope pioneer., 1887-08-12
Fires and Casualties,

ClarksDurS, w. Va, had 25,OOO fire on
the 4th
Two hotels were burned, by incendiary
fire at Dunkirk, N. Y, on the 5th; loss $75,-
600, insurance very small.
A passenger train was wrecked Thursday
afternoon near Greenwood Va, and the,
baggage master killed and a dozen passen-:
gers injured.
At Nashville, Tenn, the New Era Touring
mills were totally destroyed by fire on the
4th, the fire originating from hot box:
loss $780, insurance S32, 900.
Twenty-Five buildings, embracing two
squares of the village of Bowling Green,
Wood county, Ohio, were DESTROYED by fire.
on the 4th, which broke out in bake
The Coroner's jury investigating the
recent railway accident at st. Thomas,
Ont, have returned verdict that the
accident was due to the carelessness of the
%fi;,ea 1ihGia,s and employees Of the Grand Trunk
was committed on charge Of man
slaughter.
Thursday morning fire broke out in a
cracker bakery at Baltimore, Md, and be-
fore its progress was stayed, a candy fac
'OAJf WV warehouses, Two
grain commission houses and O book store
were burned. Two fremen lost their lives.
Ihe loss on property destroyed exceeds
S5UO,000.
An incendiary fire at Evansville, Ind, on
the 3rd destroyed 100000 feet of lumber,
in 3 lumber yards, large warehouse con-
tanning grain, general merchandise and
tobacco, two dwellings, several stables and
IS cars Of grain on the Peoria, Decatur &
Evansville r. r. Loss $500, 1000, insurance
nearly 100000.
Friday night Franklin, Pa, was visited
with cyclone and the western part of the
city was inundated. A fifteen thousand
barrel tank of oil was struck by lightning
and set on fire, but fortunately controlled
or the largest oil works in the world would
amounted to $4,000.
On Saturday, while Mrs. Owen Hale, liv-
ing near Etna. Pa, was gone to carry her
husbands supper to furnace where he
worked, one Of her children poured some
coal Goa on INTO the stove, the can exploding
and burning the four children so seriously
that one died shortly after and the others
are not expected to recover.
Cincinnati, Ohio, had cyclone touch
Friday afternoon, blowing down barn
and house on Vine ST., hill In the latter,
eight men were at work, 6 carpenters and 9
masons; the house was literally broken to
pieces and thrown down the hill in heap:
the carpenters were only slightly hurt, but
the two masons were mortally wounded
At Tuscola, ILL.,. the wife of James Haynes
was trampled to death by mad bull, while
attempting to drive the bull out of the front
door yard. She fought the animal as long
as her strength held out, and as no one
came to her assistance her life was tranpled
and gored out before the eyes of her two
httie children. She was shockingly man
gled.
During the 5th, fifty tons of rock fell in
the eastern end Of the Cascade tunnel, in
Oregon, now building by the Northern
Pacific. railroad, killing four men and
woundlng several others. 1t is thought
none of the wounded will die. The men
claim that the contractors were careless
and did not timber the tunnel fast enough
to keep up with the boring.
Mrs. W. r. Lsle Of Lansingburg, N. Y.
took the cars for Glens Fall. Tuesday
afternoon. When the train was slowing IN
at Ft Edward, sbe became suddenly ex-
cited and threw one other children off the
train and with another one in her arms
Jumped on, only to be crushed to death
other child was pulled from the track in
time to save its life.
at East Saginaw, Mich, at half past five
Wednesday evening fire started in the saw.
mill OF Jno. 6. Owen, of that CITY, and
everything being infammable owing to the
continued drouth, the flames spread like a
hash. i ns6 The sawnill and salt block with
s,0oo barrels Of salt, the drill houses and s.
5o0,OoO feet of lumber, blacksmith shop and
three salt drill houses were destroyed in
Sd SvodiV1lng loss of Sl37, 200, with insurance of
S6S, ,00J.
Mlllbrook, Graham county, Kansas, 20
miles from Kansas City, was almost de
stroyed about sundown Friday by a